Moved to a new CMS after trying half a dozen alternatives.

Eventually, I realised that for my purposes, running standalone server software was a pain. Much easier to let somebody else worry about security, patches etc.

Interesting business user take on Disaster Recovery, or Business Continuity Planning if you want a less dramatic title is at:

http://www.camagazine.com/index.cfm/ci_id/19987/la_id/1.htm

The Blue Mountains City Council has a nice weather station set-up to allow real time visibility of conditions.

Measurements are recorded at both Springwood and Katoomba.

http://www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/weather/Katoomba/

This weekend (10th & 11th) is the local Fleuralia fair, where Leura closes off its main street and opens up the formal gardens to visitors. Worth a look.

The following details were lifted from:

http://www.bluemountainsonline.com.au/news

“Fleuralia and Village Fair”

The famous Leura Gardens Spring Festival from October 4th to October the 12th will showcase nine spectacular gardens open to the public and in aid of charity. The gardens are open from 9.30am to 4.30pm. For more information contact Frank Spolc on 4757 2539. Tickets for the Open Gardens can be acquired from the Leura and Blue Mountains Visitors Centre which is located at the top of “The Mall” in Leura. For more details contact Jacqui or David Clark on 47841404. The village of Leura’s famous “Fleuralia” and Village Fair concludes the Festival on the weekend of October 11th and 12th.

If you are looking for a fairly full featured and inexpensive domain registrar for .com, .net and .org names, try http://www.jumpdomain.com/

The killer for me was their email obscufation in the whois record, which allows me to minimise spam.

At the time of writing they are $US10 p.a. with transfers at $US7.99.

Within a dollar or so of the cheapest I’ve seen, and they do free mail redirects etc.